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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The following figures show the work carried out during the year arising from the complaints received: —
| No. of business premises visited | 253 |
| No. of dwelling houses visited | 339 |
| No. of business premises treated | 167 |
| No. of dwelling houses treated | 320 |
| No. of business premises revisited | 1,157 |
| No. of dwelling houses revisited | 1,715 |
| Estimated kill | 1,427 |
| Bodies recovered (rattus rattus) | 606 |
| Bodies recovered (rattus norveeicus) | 41 |
| Business premises treated | 178 |
| Dwellings treated | 366 |
| Bombed sites and derelict buildings treated | 8 |
| Treatment visits | 1,963 |
| Other visits | 3,959 |
| Estimated kill (rattus rattus) | 1,563 |
| Bodies recovered (rattus rattus) | 665 |
| Estimated kill (rattus norvegicus) | 147 |
| Bodies recovered (rattus novegicus) | 63 |
| DETAILS. | DATE OF TREATMENT. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd to 11th January, 1950. | 6th to 15th February, 1950 | 10th to 20th July, 1950 | 14th to 24th August 1950 | |
| Treatment No. 1 | Treatment No 2 | Treatment No. 1 | Treatment No. 2 | |
| 1. Total number of baiting points in foul and connected systems | 301 | 305 | 363 | 357 |
| 2. Bait base and poison used | Sausage rusk and zinc phoshide | Bread mash and arsenious oxide | Sausage rusk and zinc phoshide | Bread mash and arsenious oxide |
| 3. No. of manholes baited | 280 | 278 | 346 | 343 |
| 4. No of manholes showing prebait takes | 245 | 229 | 310 | 308 |
| 5. No. of manholes showing com-plete prebait take (on one or both days) | 169 | 121 | 220 | 166 |
| 6. Schemes of baiting used | Two prebaits—One poison bait | |||
| 7. No. of bodies found | 100 | 72 | 98 | 38 |